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COLLABORATION
THINKING
METHODS
REFLECTION
WEAKNESS
TEAMWORK
Cooperative and
Experiential
Learning
Reporter: John Kenny Dai R. Rufon
Subject: MA 103 Pedagogy in the 21st
Century Under The New Normal
Environment
 What is Cooperative Learning?

• Cooperative Learning is an instructional strategy where small

teams of students, usually two to six members, work together to
maximize their individual and collective learning.
• After team members are organized into these small groups and
receive instruction from their teacher, students within the team
cooperate with one another and work through the assignment
until each team member successfully understands and completes
it.
• Ultimately the shared goals are accomplished individually by
each team member, and collectively by the group as a whole.
 BENEFITS OF COOPERATIVE
LEARNING
1. It promotes self-esteem and makes students feel better about
themselves, school and others.
2. It promotes higher achievement, develops social skills including
listening, taking turns, conflict resolution skills, leadership skills and
team work skills
3.It teaches students to cooperate with others and do their best.
4.It welcomes students to benefit from their classmates’ knowledge
and thoughts.
5.It protects less capable students from impossible challenges.
6.It facilitates problem solving skills and creativity.
 BENEFITS OF COOPERATIVE
LEARNING
7.It leads to more relaxed atmosphere, greater motivation and increased student
talk.
8. It makes student appreciate differences & diversity. It removes damaging
competition between and among students and creates competition among
groups.
9. It builds empathy i.e. understanding and appreciating the point of view and
feeling of others, being considerate of others .
10. It leads to equal and increased participation .
11. It creates the feeling that “ Alone we are struck; in interaction we grow “
12. It prepares students for the interdependent teambased workplace of the
21st .(Dr.Spencer Kagan)
 Five Elements of Cooperative
Learning:
1. Positive Interdependence
• tasks and goals are clearly defined
• efforts of each team member benefits the individual as well as
the group
• commitment is made to both personal as well as group success
2. Individual and Group Accountability
• each team member must contribute to the group as a whole
• each team member is accountable for helping the group reach
its goals
 Five Elements of Cooperative
Learning:

• 3. Interpersonal and Small-Group Skills - Each team member must:

• be motivated
• provide effective leadership
• be able to make decisions
• be able to build trust
• be able to communicate
• be able to manage conflict
 Five Elements of Cooperative
Learning:

4. Face to Face Promotive Interaction - Students

• Promote one another's success by sharing resources
• Encourage, help, and applaud each other's efforts
• Support one another academically and personally
• Explain how to solve problems
• Teach each other
• Check for one another's understanding
• Discuss concepts being learned
• Connect present with past learning
• Foster the groups mutual goal
 Five Elements of Cooperative
Learning:

5. Group Processing (Reflection) - Students

• Communicate openly, freely, respectfully discussing their
concerns
• Maintain effective working relationships
• Describe what member actions are helpful/unhelpful
• Make decisions about behaviors to continue/change/discontinue
• Process status of goal achievement and accomplishments
 TEACHER’S ROLE
1. Before the lesson:
• Make sure the learning objectives are clear.
• Decide on group size and membership.
• Determine the materials necessary for the group .
2. developing students’ social skills: Set rules for
cooperating and ensure that they are implemented such
as :
• Work quietly together on team assignment
• Ask for explanation not answers .
• Listen carefully to teammate ‘ questions.
• Ask teammates for help if you need it.
• Help each other stay on task .
• Ask the teacher for help only if you have asked
everyone on your team and discovered they cannot
help.
 TEACHER’S ROLE
3. Establish Good Teamwork in which: • Team members are listening to each other.
• Team members are facing each other ,desks or chairs • Team members are using twelve-inch voices.
are close to each other.
• Team members are asking “ will you please
• Team members have all material ready.
explain?”.
• Team members are taking turns.
• Team members are saying “it is your own”.
• Every team member is working hard.
• Team members are saying “ let’s see if each of
us knows this.”
 Essentials of Effective
Cooperative Learning Groups:
Participation Communication
• Each team member should contribute • Each team member should listen
their time and energy respectfully and attentively to other team
members
• Each team member should participate in
the decision making process • Each team member should contribute
ideas
Trust
• Each team member should ask questions
• Each team member should trust that when clarification is needed
other team members will be contributing
to the group • Each team member should give
constructive feedback
 COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES:

• Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)

Students in heterogeneous groups of four to five members use
study devices to master academic material and then help each
other learn the material through tutoring, quizzing and team
discussions.
• Jigsaw
Each member of a five or six member heterogeneous group is
responsible for mastering a portion of the material and then
teaching that part to the other team members.
 COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES:

Group Investigation
• The most complex cooperative learning approach and most difficult to
implement.
• Students are involved in planning the group topics as well as the ways
in which they will proceed with their investigations.
• Once students select topics for study, they conduct in-depth
investigations and then prepare and present a report to the whole class.
The Structural Approach
• The teacher poses a question to the entire class and students provide
answers by raising their hands and are called on with the goal of
increasing student acquisition of academic content and teaching social
skills.
 COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES:
Think-Pair-Share
• The teacher poses a question to the entire class and the students spend a moment thinking alone about
their answer.
• The teacher asks the students to pair off with one classmate and discuss their answers with their partner
for four to five minutes.
• The teacher asks the pairs to share their answers with the entire class.
Numbered Heads Together
• The teacher has groups of three to five members number off so that each member has a different
number.
• The teacher asks either a very specific or very broad question, depending on the subject matter.
• Students put their heads together to arrive at an answer and make sure that everyone knows the answer.
• The teacher calls out a number and the students from each group with that specific number share their
answers with the entire class.
 Choose Appropriate Content:

• Teachers must be sure to choose content that will

spark and keep the interest of the students.
• If the students do not find the content interesting and
appropriately challenging, they will quickly lose
interest and the cooperative learning approach will
fail.
• Research shows that the more conceptual knowledge
is emphasized the more successful cooperative
learning will be.
 Form Student Teams:

• The formation of student teams will vary according to the

goals and objectives of the lesson as well as the diversity
among racial, ethical, gender and ability groups.
• Teacher-selected groups have been proven time and again
to be the best method of forming teams because it
ensures a good mix and avoids friends from working
together, which neglects to achieve the goal of
improvement of social interactions among students who
do not know each other as well.
 The Strengths of
Cooperative Learning:
• The greatest strength of cooperative learning methods is the
wide range of positive outcomes that have been found in the
research. The research demonstrates that when the classroom is
structured in a way that allows students to work cooperatively
on learning tasks, students benefit academically as well as
socially.
• Cooperative learning methods are usually inexpensive and easy
to implement. Teachers need minimal training to use these
techniques. The widespread and growing use of cooperative
learning techniques demonstrates that, in addition to their
effectiveness, they are practical and attractive to teachers
 Weaknesses of Cooperative
Learning:

• •A weakness of Cooperative Learning is that

students do not learn equally. Many believe that
combining gifted students with lower achievers
does not sufficiently challenge gifted students.
 What is it?
• Process of making meaning out of a direct
experience.
• Learning by doing.
• Experiential learning is an engaged learning
process whereby students “learn by doing” and by
reflecting on the experience.
 David Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle

It’s a learning process initiated by a

concrete experience, which demands reflection,
review and perspective-taking about the
experience; then abstract thinking to reach
conclusions and conceptualize the meaning of
the experience; leading to a decision to act,
engaging in active experimentation or trying out
what you’ve learned.
The Experiential Learning Styles

Experiencing: When using the Experiencing style, you are engaged, connected,
warm and intuitive. You excel in teamwork and establish trusting relationships with
others. You are comfortable with emotional expression.

Imagining: When using the Imagining style, you are caring, trusting, empathetic
and creative. You demonstrate self-awareness and empathy for others. You are
comfortable in ambiguous situations, and you enjoy helping others, generating new
ideas and creating a vision for the future.
The Experiential Learning Styles
Reflecting: When using the Reflecting style, you are patient, careful and
reserved, allowing others to take center stage. You listen with an open mind
and gather information from a variety of sources. You are able to view issues
from many perspectives and identify underlying problems and issues.

Analyzing: When using the Analyzing style, you are structured,

methodical and precise. You plan ahead to minimize mistakes, integrate
information to get the full picture, and use critical thinking to understand
situations. You are methodical as you analyze details and data.
The Experiential Learning Styles
Thinking: When using the Thinking style, you are skeptical, structured, linear and
controlled. You use quantitative tools to analyze problems and frame arguments
with logic. You know how to communicate ideas effectively and make independent
judgments.

Deciding: When using the Deciding style, you are realistic, accountable and
direct. You find practical solutions to problems and set performance goals. You
are able to commit to one focus.
The Experiential Learning Styles
Acting: When using the Acting style, you are on time, assertive, achievement
oriented and courageous. You commit to goals and objectives and find ways to
accomplish them under a deadline. You are able to implement plans with limited
resources.
Initiating: When using the Initiating style, you are outgoing, spontaneous and able
to shrug off losses or “failure” in favor of trying again. You actively seize
opportunities and participate without holding back.

Balancing: When using the Balancing style, you identify blind spots in a situation
and bridge differences between people. You are resourceful and can adapt to
shifting priorities.